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Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 7:01 am
by re:dream
rote fahne wrote:In the years 1999-2002 i had a job on the other side of the city. I travelled by metro. There is this station "henk sneevlietweg". I always wondered who henk sneevliet was, but never looked it up. Then yesterday, I was reading some essays by trotsky, and you wont believe, yes, henk sneevliet. trotsky addressed a letter to him.
You see, in some case he is still relevant.
An
interesting character. Played a key role in the Indonesian struggle for independence, founder of a non-racial railway workers' union (hence the station, I suppose), and killed by the Nazis in 1942. Flirted with Trotskyism for a bit but eventually drifted a way (good man!) and joined the
Independent Labour Party.
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:14 pm
by Galt
Just another dead communist.
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:35 pm
by rote fahne
Galt wrote:Just another dead communist.
who cares.
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:41 pm
by rote fahne
The Finn wrote:An
interesting character. Played a key role in the Indonesian struggle for independence, founder of a non-racial railway workers' union (hence the station, I suppose), and killed by the Nazis in 1942. Flirted with Trotskyism for a bit but eventually drifted a way (good man!) and joined the
Independent Labour Party.
The metrostation was named after the "henk sneevlietweg". "weg" is dutch for road. Because the road was there before the metrostation.
Jaques Goudstikker is much more interesting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Goudstikker
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:44 pm
by rote fahne
also interesting:
Nazi gold: does a music score hold the key to buried treasure?
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/s ... re-bormann
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:56 pm
by rote fahne
the wiki didnt tell about how he died, most interesting of course. (could be story for movie)
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/20 ... rt-7/?_r=0
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:58 pm
by rote fahne
Galt wrote:In the the old days people listened to what Mr. T had to say. Now everybody is obsessed with terrorism. Hell, the War on Terror basically is the Cold War 2.0.
I guess he couldn't complete, despite his pleas that they let him do his thang...
as long as the terrorists attack the usa, i dont give a shit.
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 3:55 pm
by TomViolenz
Galt wrote:Just another dead communist.
Does your empathy not stretch to people of this particular political ideology, or any political ideology on the left?
I'm just interested to know more about what kind of person you are, so that I don't need to stereotype you any longer...
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:13 pm
by Galt
TomViolenz wrote:Galt wrote:Just another dead communist.
Does your empathy not stretch to people of this particular political ideology, or any political ideology on the left?
I'm just interested to know more about what kind of person you are, so that I don't need to stereotype you any longer...
My what?
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 5:28 pm
by H20nly
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:09 pm
by rote fahne
H20nly wrote:
bend over and i will show you. lol. (easy one)
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:11 pm
by rote fahne
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:15 pm
by TomViolenz
Galt wrote:TomViolenz wrote:Galt wrote:Just another dead communist.
Does your empathy not stretch to people of this particular political ideology, or any political ideology on the left?
I'm just interested to know more about what kind of person you are, so that I don't need to stereotype you any longer...
My what?
Just ask your linguist girl, she may at least know the word...
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:17 pm
by rote fahne
sympathy is what we need my friend. (rare bird).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJsZfO4zGGY
Re: Trotsky no longer socially relevant?
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 6:28 pm
by rote fahne
one day galt will get ill or sick and then he cannot pay the doctor and he will regret all the macho things he has said. poor guy.